Re: Italian surnames (Vanoni &) Fini
in reply to a message by Andy ;—)
something went wrong here, must be this:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=fini&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
Vanoni is probably, like Vanini and Vannino, from the Italian firstname Giovanni, thus "son of Vanni" where Vanni is short for Giovanni.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=fini&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
Vanoni is probably, like Vanini and Vannino, from the Italian firstname Giovanni, thus "son of Vanni" where Vanni is short for Giovanni.